(25 Nov 2018) Ugandan diving teams are retrieving bodies from Lake Victoria where police say at least 30 people died in a boat accident near the capital, Kampala.
The boat overturned and sank at about 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on November 24th, according to senior police officer Zurah Ganyana.
She said that 27 people were rescued overnight, lower than earlier reports.
More than 90 passengers were on the boat, leading officials to believe that the death toll will rise.
Ganyana said the boat was in poor condition, did not have a valid license to operate and had been grounded for some time.
The boat was taking passengers on a pleasure cruise on Lake Victoria, a popular weekend activity for young people in Kampala, when it capsized close to shore.
As the death toll rose on November 25th, so did the crowd of onlookers at a beach abutting a quiet village outside Kampala.
Police carried victims in tarpaulins and hauled them into a waiting truck, occasionally drawing loud wails from some of the onlookers.
Victims include the couple who owned the boat, according to police officer Ganyana.
Boat accidents are increasingly common on East Africa's major lakes including Lake Victoria, which is surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
More than 200 people were killed in a Tanzanian ferry disaster in September, with officials saying it had been dangerously overcrowded.
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